# Moray and Nairn (UK Parliament constituency)

Moray and Nairn was a county constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1918 to 1983.
It was formed by the amalgamation of the county constituency of Elginshire and Nairnshire with the parliamentary burghs of Elgin, previously part of Elgin Burghs, and Nairn and Forres, previously part of Inverness Burghs.
It was split for the 1983 general election and incorporated into Moray and Inverness, Nairn and Lochaber.

## Members of Parliament

| Election | Election | Member | Party |
| | 1918 | Sir Archibald Williamson | Coalition Liberal |
| | 1922 | Thomas Maule Guthrie | Coalition Liberal |
| | 1922 | Thomas Maule Guthrie | National Liberal |
| | 1923 | James Stuart | Unionist |
| | 1959 | Gordon Campbell | Conservative |
| | Feb 1974 | Winnie Ewing | SNP |
| | 1979 | Alex Pollock | Conservative |
| 1983 | 1983 | Constituency abolished | Constituency abolished |

## Election results
### Elections in the 1910s

General election 14 December 1918: Moray & Nairn :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| C | Liberal | Archibald Williamson | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed |
| | Liberal win (new seat) | Liberal win (new seat) | Liberal win (new seat) | Liberal win (new seat) | Liberal win (new seat) |
| C indicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government. ||||||

### Elections in the 1920s

1922 Moray and Nairn by-election :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| C | Liberal | Thomas Guthrie | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Liberal hold |
| C indicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government. ||||||
General election 1922: Moray & Nairn :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | National Liberal | Thomas Guthrie | 6,263 | 51.8 | N/A |
| | Liberal | James Scott | 5,832 | 48.2 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 431 | 3.6 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 12,095 | 49.0 | N/A |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 24,691 | | |
| | National Liberal hold | National Liberal hold | Swing | N/A | |
General election 1923: Moray & Nairn :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Unionist | James Stuart | 8,116 | 53.4 | New |
| | Liberal | Thomas Guthrie | 7,089 | 46.6 | −1.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,027 | 6.8 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 15,215 | 61.3 | +12.3 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 24,798 | | |
| | Unionist gain from Liberal | Unionist gain from Liberal | Swing | N/A | |
General election 1924: Moray & Nairn :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Unionist | James Stuart | 9,762 | 61.9 | +8.5 |
| | Labour | Skene Mackay | 6,005 | 38.1 | New |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 3,757 | 23.8 | +17.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 15,767 | 61.7 | +0.4 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 25,539 | | |
| | Unionist hold | Unionist hold | Swing | N/A | |
General election 1929: Moray & Nairn :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Unionist | James Stuart | 8,896 | 43.7 | −18.2 |
| | Labour | Joseph Duncan | 6,566 | 32.3 | −5.8 |
| | Liberal | John Tennant | 4,889 | 24.0 | New |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,330 | 11.4 | −12.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 20,348 | 68.6 | +6.9 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 29,669 | | |
| | Unionist hold | Unionist hold | Swing | −6.2 | |

### Elections in the 1930s

General election 1931: Moray & Nairn :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Unionist | James Stuart | Unopposed | N/A | N/A |
| | Unionist hold | Unionist hold | Swing | N/A | |
General election 14 November 1935: Moray & Nairn :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Unionist | James Stuart | 12,755 | 63.5 | N/A |
| | Labour | James Davidson Vassie | 7,347 | 36.5 | New |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 5,408 | 27.0 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 20,102 | | N/A |
| | Unionist hold | Unionist hold | Swing | N/A | |

### Elections in the 1940s

General election 1945: Moray & Nairn :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Unionist | James Stuart | 12,809 | 61.58 |
| | Labour | Sinclair Shaw | 7,993 | 38.42 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 4,816 | 23.16 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 20,802 | 62.13 |
| | Unionist hold | Unionist hold | Swing | |

### Elections in the 1950s

General election 1950: Moray & Nairn :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Unionist | James Stuart | 15,478 | 59.85 |
| | Labour | Richard Murray | 10,383 | 40.15 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 5,095 | 19.70 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 25,861 | |
| | Unionist hold | Unionist hold | Swing | |
General election 1951: Moray & Nairn :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Unionist | James Stuart | 15,881 | 60.23 |
| | Labour | David Hutchinson | 10,487 | 39.77 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 5,394 | 20.46 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 26,368 | |
| | Unionist hold | Unionist hold | Swing | |
General election 1955: Moray & Nairn :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Unionist | James Stuart | 14,667 | 60.59 |
| | Labour | M Mackay | 9,538 | 39.41 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 5,129 | 21.18 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 24,205 | |
| | Unionist hold | Unionist hold | Swing | |
General election 1959: Moray & Nairn :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Unionist | Gordon Campbell | 13,742 | 52.63 | |
| | Labour | M. Mackay | 6,539 | 25.04 | |
| | Liberal | Donald C. MacDonald | 5,831 | 22.33 | New |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 7,203 | 27.59 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 26,112 | | |
| | Unionist hold | Unionist hold | Swing | | |

### Elections in the 1960s

General election 1964: Moray & Nairn :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Unionist | Gordon Campbell | 12,741 | 50.86 |
| | Labour | Gordon McIntosh | 6,830 | 27.27 |
| | Liberal | John Macleod | 5,478 | 21.87 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 5,911 | 23.59 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 25,049 | |
| | Unionist hold | Unionist hold | Swing | |
General election 1966: Moray & Nairn :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Gordon Campbell | 11,842 | 48.15 |
| | Labour | Donald MacKenzie | 8,384 | 34.09 |
| | Liberal | Thomas Alexander MacNair | 4,368 | 17.76 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 3,458 | 14.06 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 24,594 | 68.0 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |

### Elections in the 1970s

General election 1970: Moray and Nairn :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Gordon Campbell | 13,994 | 49.4 | +1.3 |
| | SNP | Thomas A Howe | 7,885 | 27.8 | New |
| | Labour | Peter Talbot | 6,452 | 22.8 | −11.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 6,109 | 21.6 | +7.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 28,331 | 72.0 | +4.0 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
General election February 1974: Moray and Nairn :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | SNP | Winnie Ewing | 16,046 | 49.26 |
| | Conservative | Gordon Campbell | 14,229 | 43.68 |
| | Labour | E G Smith | 2,299 | 7.06 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,817 | 5.58 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 32,574 | 78.72 |
| | SNP gain from Conservative | SNP gain from Conservative | Swing | |
General election October 1974: Moray and Nairn :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | SNP | Winnie Ewing | 12,667 | 41.2 | −8.1 |
| | Conservative | Alexander Pollock | 12,300 | 40.0 | −3.7 |
| | Labour | E.G. Smith | 2,985 | 9.7 | +2.6 |
| | Liberal | Keith Schellenberg | 2,814 | 9.1 | New |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 367 | 1.2 | −4.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 30,766 | 74.7 | −4.0 |
| | SNP hold | SNP hold | Swing | | |
General election 1979: Moray and Nairn :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Alexander Pollock | 14,220 | 40.1 | +0.1 |
| | SNP | Winnie Ewing | 13,800 | 38.9 | −2.3 |
| | Liberal | Steve Rodan | 4,361 | 12.3 | +3.2 |
| | Labour | G E Scobie | 3,104 | 8.7 | −1.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 420 | 1.2 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 35,487 | 77.5 | +2.8 |
| | Conservative gain from SNP | Conservative gain from SNP | Swing | | |